Legal Opinion

American Home Life Insurance Company v. Teodora Barron Zuniga

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 30, 1955No. 15698_1PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

'CAMERON, Circuit Judge. ■

Appellee (plaintiff), Teodora Zuniga, as insured, recovered judgment upon jury verdict for $10,000.00 plus dámagés and attorneys’ fees against appellant Insurance Company (defendant),' upon insurance carried by it on the life of hér husband. The main defense was that the husband bad not been in good health when the policy was, delivered to him; and that the Court below adopted the wrong delivery date. The jury, upon special interrogatories, found the facts in favor of appellee. The. chief question is whether there was .evidence- sufficient to support those findings.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Coxson v. Atlanta Life InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Vann v. National Life & Accident Ins. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1930
  3. Universal Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. BarronCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
  4. Scharlach v. Pacific Mut. Life Ins. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1925
  5. Sovereign Camp, W. O. W. v. DerrickCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1933

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Rosa Lee Roosth v. Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  2. Rosa Lee Roosth v. Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  3. Texas Prudential Insurance Company v. DillardTexas Supreme Court · 1957

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